Our very own Robert James Russell recently sat down with AnnArbor.com to talk about Midwestern Gothic, regionalist writing and more:

“Admittedly, the crowded lit mag marketplace already features numerous journals located in the Midwest (The Mid-American Review, Passages North, The MacGuffin, etc.); but Midwestern Gothic founders Robert James Russell and Jeff Pfaller felt that what was missing was a journal specifically focused on painting a portrait of the region, warts and all.”

Read the piece in its entirety here.